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Page 1: The Internet of Things: Past, Present and Future

CURRENT IoT TECHNOLOGYCURRENT IoT TECHNOLOGY

Welcome to theProgrammable

World

Welcome to theProgrammable

World

Here’s Why 2014Will be the Year of

the Internet of Things

Here’s Why 2014Will be the Year of

the Internet of Things

How TheInternet of Things

Will Replacethe Web

How TheInternet of Things

Will Replacethe Web

5 Ways TheInternet of Things

Will Disrupt Businessin 2014

5 Ways TheInternet of Things

Will Disrupt Businessin 2014

Internet 2014:Rise of the Things

Internet 2014:Rise of the Things

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At the end of 2012, there were around 8.7 billion connected objects in the world. As the trend grows, Cisco expects that number to reach over 50 billion by 2020. While a fully connected world – with self-driving cars, grocery-buying fridges, and endlessly quantifiable personal gadgets – may seem like a dream for the now, the Internet of Things may bring it here sooner than you think.

At the end of 2012, there were around 8.7 billion connected objects in the world. As the trend grows, Cisco expects that number to reach over 50 billion by 2020. While a fully connected world – with self-driving cars, grocery-buying fridges, and endlessly quantifiable personal gadgets – may seem like a dream for the now, the Internet of Things may bring it here sooner than you think.

“When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a

huge brain.”

1993 Trojan Room

Coffee Pot 1998 inTouch

Project 1998 Mark Weiser’s

Stock MarketWater Fountain

In a 1999 presentation, Procter & Gamble

employee Kevin Ashton used the phrase

“Internet of Things”to link RIFD technology

to the Internet.

15 years after it was first coined, the term has come to describe a future where everything is interconnected. In 2014, the Internet of Things

may finally be ready for its big debut.

NEST THERMOSTATMonitors your schedule and programs itself to maximize both

comfort and energy efficiency

PROTEUS DIGITAL HEART SENSORThis ingestible sensor monitors physiologic and

behavioral medical metrics

GOOGLE GLASSPerhaps the most famous IoT device, this puts advanced smartphone functionality in a

headset

SMART BELLY TRASH CANCollects data in real time to alert trash collectors

when it needs to be emptied

TIMELINETIMELINE

1800sThe first electronic communication devices are created, including the telegraph, fax machine, and radio

1989Tim Berners-Lee proposed theWorld Wide Web

1926Nikola Tesla envisions a wirelessly interconnected world

1990The first connected devices are created – a toaster and drink machine

MID 1990sThe rise of the Internet and more experimental devices

2000

LG announces plans for the first Internet refrigerator

2005The United Nations first mentions IoT in a published International Telecommunications Union report

2011Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) launches, which allows around 340 undecillion IP addresses (340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456)

1999Kevin Ashton coins ‘Internet of Things’ and founds the MIT Auto-ID Center

2002Ambient Orb is released, which displays Dow Jones, personal finance, and weather information based on Internet data

2008IPSO alliance launches to promote the use of Internet Protocol (IP) in connected devices

2013

Intel launches ‘Internet of Things Solutions Group’

A new dimension has been added to the world of information and communication…from

anytime, anyplace connectivity for anyone, we will now have connectivity for anything. Connections will multiply and create an

entirely new dynamic network of networks – an Internet of Things.

“We could assign an IPV6 address to every atom on the surface of the earth, and still have enough addresses left to do another

100+ earths.”

2013 IoT ARTICLES2013 IoT ARTICLES

2014 AND BEYOND2014 AND BEYOND

SOURCESkevinjashton.com | wired.com | qz.com | clickz.com | cnbc.com | nest.com

proteusdigitalhealth.com | bigbelly.com | google.com | postscapes.cominventors.about.com | ogu.edu.tr | mit.edu | beststuff.com

ambientdevices.com | iut.int | zdnet.com | cisco.com

THE INTERNETOF THINGS

THE INTERNETOF THINGS

THE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURETHE PAST, THE PRESENT, AND THE FUTURE

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